What you're seeing is actually, according to Samsung, a bug. It's not an actual full-fledged software update. If it looked like this, it's not an update.
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Shrank in the dryer? I haven't noticed any difference in how much "full screen mode" uses the screen. In other words, 100% of the screen is used
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Not sure if Survey A properly submitted. Survey B submission gave a reply that it successfully uploaded. Anyone else have a problem with this?
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Android 12 permission notifications are really great at reminding me that Google is accessing the microphone and listening to everything I say, all day long. I guess everything sounds like "OK Google" these days.
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I just saw an Android Police article in which they detailed the new look of One UI 4.0. A screen shot of Device Care showed one issue found: Gboard having high battery use and/or frequent crashes. Unless you wrote that article, this must be a common issue for many.
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I'm not sure, perhaps it is a feature that was added for 3.1.1 and above. I went from 3.1 to 4.0, so I'm not sure. However, i don't think I could do it before.
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I agree with you that our devices should NOT require a factory reset in order to work properly after a major Android version update. However, I have to admit that my phone is running much better after I did just that 24 hours ago. The back-up options available now really do make it easier to restore the important elements of your phone after a reset. Virtually all forms of data, settings, etc., are restorable.
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I had some strange bugs after updating to 4.0. For example, my media widget in the notification shade had invisible play/pause/skip buttons, my status bar icons kept blinking when using Android Auto, and in general animations were very choppy, janky, and sometimes very slow. So, I factory reset last night, and it seems that all those issues are gone. S21 running very smoothly, and I'm having trouble finding bugs. I really hope someday that major Android updates can be installed successfully without the need for a factory reset afterwards.
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